Category: News
With the election of a new government, civil unions are set to return to Queensland. Civil unions, introduced by Labor, were rolled back by the LNP government following its landslide victory in the 2012 state election. However, following last month’s election which saw Labor returned to office, civil unions are set to be reinstated. The […]
Transgender rights activist Eva Allan talks to News Editor Levi Joule about being bullied to the point of suicide by the same group behind Saturday’s Pride Parade protest. Transgender rights activist Eva Allan has spoken to express about the bullying she has suffered by the ‘No Pride in Prisons’ group behind Saturday’s Pride parade protest. Eva tells […]
The United States State Department has announced a special envoy for global GLBT rights. Randy Berry has been named the first ever ‘Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBT Persons.’ .Secretary of State John Kerry announced the appointment saying “Defending and promoting the human rights of LGBT persons is at the core of our commitment […]
The Rotorua Chamber of Pride has won best 2015 Pride Parade float. Richard Taki says that “this year it was an extremely hard decision so has taken a few extra days to finalise. Tamati Coffey’s entry showed a true community spirit by bringing together GLBTIQ people of different ages from Rotorua. They brought us the […]
A medical breakthrough means that creating embryos using DNA from two men or two women may now be possible. The SundayTimes reports that Researchers from Cambridge University and Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science say they have shown for the first time that human egg and sperm cells can be made from stem cells in the skin […]
Wellington’s Out In The Park is now to be held on the 28th and 29th of March as part of the CubaDupa festival. Out In The Park will return this year as part of the CubaDupa festival. CupaDupa and Out In The Park will be held in the Cuba mall precinct, where roads will become pedestrianised from […]
In yet another display of ignorance, ‘Queers Against Injustice” have thrown pink paint across ATM’s in Ponsonby, Mt Eden and Avondale this morning. These latest acts of vandalism follow the attack last Thursday night on an ANZ ‘GAY TM’ on Ponsonby Rd. ANZ tweeted this morning “Our Ponsonby branch was attacked, again. Shame people resort to […]
Councillor Linda Cooper has come under fire for labelling a critic of the National party entry into this year’s Pride parade a “judgemental little cock.” The name calling came as a result of Daniel O’Connor questioning the participation of National list MPs Alfred Ngaro and Melissa Lee’s in this year’s pride parade, given both MPs […]